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for years amazon had advantages in key states like california. low sales tax. local book stores already on pressure for the rabid rise of ebooks feel particularly squeezed. michael tucker owns a chain of book stores in san francisco. >> if you can save 10%, why wouldn't you? >> reporter: but amazon's tax advantage recently disappeared in california, adding 7 to nearly 10% to the cost of each order. it also began taxing this year in other states like pennsylvania and texas. on-line retailers collect tax only for states where they have a physical presence. now here in california, amazon is building two giant warehouses, including this one near los angeles. it's a million square feet, and for the old-fashioned retailers, it's another reason to worry. why? because amazon's goal is to get items to customers faster and to be able to offer same-day delivery. that's right. you can avoid stores if you want and have a package delivered to your house in a matter of hours. a win for consumers but tough for local retailers. >> if amazon creates distribution centers and faci
for years amazon had advantages in key states like california. low sales tax. local book stores already on pressure for the rabid rise of ebooks feel particularly squeezed. michael tucker owns a chain of book stores in san francisco. >> if you can save 10%, why wouldn't you? >> reporter: but amazon's tax advantage recently disappeared in california, adding 7 to nearly 10% to the cost of each order. it also began taxing this year in other states like pennsylvania and texas. on-line...
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for california lawyer teresa rhine the lifeline came in the form of a rambunctious beagle seamus. soon after she adopted him from the shelter the dog was diagnosed with malignant tumor. his cancer would not be the only one she had to battle. while seamus was undergoing treatment, teresa was diagnosed with breast cancer. she's written a memoir called "the dog lived and so will i." i spoke with her about the determination it took to get them beth through some tough times. >> it was some tough decisions because his prognosis was not good. as you mentioned, he was expected to live maybe a year. but he was only about 2 years old at the time. and he'd already been through so much in his life. i couldn't see giving up on him. so i decided to go ahead and fight it. and he was a little trouper. he went through it with the exception of one white blood cell crash, he didn't have too much difficulty with it at all. he's alive and well and feisty. >> what was it like for you? because this was a tough time for you in your personal life. >> it was a tough time. and i think i was a little bit mor
for california lawyer teresa rhine the lifeline came in the form of a rambunctious beagle seamus. soon after she adopted him from the shelter the dog was diagnosed with malignant tumor. his cancer would not be the only one she had to battle. while seamus was undergoing treatment, teresa was diagnosed with breast cancer. she's written a memoir called "the dog lived and so will i." i spoke with her about the determination it took to get them beth through some tough times. >> it...
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california. the other two are florida and texas, which i found interesting. big population of veterans. >> texas is another big state. >> yeah, another big state. and the state with the highest percentage of veterans, i would have never have guessed this. >> highest percentage? >> highest percentage. the answer, alaska. 14%. >> like per capita? >> yeah, out of every 100 -- 14% of the population in alaska. there's one thing i want to remind everyone. president obama was talking about this. there are 3.5 million americans in this country who have disabilities due to their military service and they have different ratings on that in terms of their disabilities. but that's important for all of us to keep in mind. these are people whose disabilities stem from their service to the country. 3.5 million people like that. there are a lot more. during the conversation of ireport, we're celebrating the wisdom of veterans. >> extraordinary individuals who made ultimate sacrifices in so many different ways. all right, josh, thank you for that. >> you bet. >>> you heard som
california. the other two are florida and texas, which i found interesting. big population of veterans. >> texas is another big state. >> yeah, another big state. and the state with the highest percentage of veterans, i would have never have guessed this. >> highest percentage? >> highest percentage. the answer, alaska. 14%. >> like per capita? >> yeah, out of every 100 -- 14% of the population in alaska. there's one thing i want to remind everyone. president...
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two in california, one in washington state. he allegedly shot and seriously wounded a police officer who spotted him running out of there after that robbery number one. in judging from an eyewitness account many the rexburg standard journal, the robbery could have gotten uglier. the suspect became agitated when it took too long to get the money out of the vault. he told the victims about shooting the police officer and ordered everyone in the vault, slammed the door and he ran off. $70,000 in reward are offered up for this guy, this ak-47 bandit described as 25 to 40 years old. 5'10" and stocky. if you recognize him, call police, call fbi. >>> the family court judge in texas caught on videotape beating his teenager daughter with a belt has been reinstated to the bench. he is william adams. he was suspended a year ago, with pay, after that video rant went viral -- not a rant. it was a video that went viral on you tube showing him abusing his 16-year-old daughter. this was back in 2004. this happened in the small gulf coast town
two in california, one in washington state. he allegedly shot and seriously wounded a police officer who spotted him running out of there after that robbery number one. in judging from an eyewitness account many the rexburg standard journal, the robbery could have gotten uglier. the suspect became agitated when it took too long to get the money out of the vault. he told the victims about shooting the police officer and ordered everyone in the vault, slammed the door and he ran off. $70,000 in...
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. >> in california, that is not true necessarily. they do have something called a decent exposure. but there is what we call elements of a crime. and any time the prosecutor wants to find you guilty of the crime, have the jury find you guilty, they have to find three things. the third element says you have to be naked and exposing your genitals for the purpose of either sexually arousing yourself or somebody else. so martin, if you are just walking down the street saying i like to be free in the breeze, guess what? that is not necessarily indecent exposure. so you can be naked all you want, as long as it is not for that horrible purpose of just wanting to be free. >> well, does it limit my free speech of going without clothing? >> well, i don't think so, there is speech and then just letting it all hang out. so there is speech, and there is i have a right to express myself by being completely naked. and the city council is saying no, oddly enough, the reason he proposes the legislation, when naked people sit on public benches they don't put a towel or newspaper under them. no, i'm
. >> in california, that is not true necessarily. they do have something called a decent exposure. but there is what we call elements of a crime. and any time the prosecutor wants to find you guilty of the crime, have the jury find you guilty, they have to find three things. the third element says you have to be naked and exposing your genitals for the purpose of either sexually arousing yourself or somebody else. so martin, if you are just walking down the street saying i like to be free...
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. >> susan, we have seen crazy results in california. there is a rebuttable presumption, one shoot, two, this case could go to the jury. [ male announcer ] break the grip of aches or arthritis pain with odor free aspercreme. powerful medicine relieves pain fast, with no odor. so all you notice is relief. aspercreme. rebuttable presumpti . >>> in california, a 90-year-old man retaliated after he was shot in the face after a burglary, now get this, they are suing him after he returned fire. richard herman and new york criminal defense attorney law professor joins us from las vegas, richard, i'll start with you on this. what do you say to this? it is unbelievable. >> it is unbelievable, for 200, $300, anybody can file a lawsuit. and we see it every year, unbelievable cases, ninety-year-old man has his house broken into, gets tied up. the burglar is stealing in front of him, he breaks free, there is a shootout. he ends up shooting him three times. the assailant here gets convicted. prison term and sues because he was shot. >> yeah. >> believ
. >> susan, we have seen crazy results in california. there is a rebuttable presumption, one shoot, two, this case could go to the jury. [ male announcer ] break the grip of aches or arthritis pain with odor free aspercreme. powerful medicine relieves pain fast, with no odor. so all you notice is relief. aspercreme. rebuttable presumpti . >>> in california, a 90-year-old man retaliated after he was shot in the face after a burglary, now get this, they are suing him after he...
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. >>> this video of a runaway camel on a california street, it's gone viral. ramos brothers circus says it ran away because it wasn't comfortable with its new trainer. handlers were able to catch up with it and lead it back. >>> it's called the fiscal cliff. how will you be impacted if we're to fall over it? it's your money and you'll want to take some notes. >>> this is not a clip from the new 007 movie. it's real. and we've got the exclusive pictures of an assassin's secret spy weapons. get married, have a couple of kids, [ children laughing ] move to the country, and live a long, happy life together where they almost never fight about money. [ dog barks ] because right after they get married, they'll find some retirement people who are paid on salary, not commission. they'll get straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. that's right. so it's like i won. sure. oh my gosh i won!!! i won!!! [ male announcer ] get a $100 walmart gift card when you buy a
. >>> this video of a runaway camel on a california street, it's gone viral. ramos brothers circus says it ran away because it wasn't comfortable with its new trainer. handlers were able to catch up with it and lead it back. >>> it's called the fiscal cliff. how will you be impacted if we're to fall over it? it's your money and you'll want to take some notes. >>> this is not a clip from the new 007 movie. it's real. and we've got the exclusive pictures of an...
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from oregon down to the california coast. we're talking about the sierra but it will affect all the way from british columbia down to south of san francisco. one storm after the other. those are the huge waves. high surf warnings along the coast. you need to stay out of the water and all surfers are going to want to be in the water. a big, big event for the west. we haven't talked about this big of an event, i don't think, probably for years for the west coast, ashleigh. >> for yearses? >> yes. >> you said 20 inches of rain, ten feet of snow. that usually translates into landslides for people of california. >> no doubt about it. and this heavy rain isn't through all of the burn areas but there are burn areas affected. what i mean by that, if you're on the east coast, once you have a fire in the higher elevations, from sierra up and down from california to washington, you don't have the roots of the plant trying to hold that dirt in and the dirt just want to move and it's a one-two punch. you've lost all of the vegetation arou
from oregon down to the california coast. we're talking about the sierra but it will affect all the way from british columbia down to south of san francisco. one storm after the other. those are the huge waves. high surf warnings along the coast. you need to stay out of the water and all surfers are going to want to be in the water. a big, big event for the west. we haven't talked about this big of an event, i don't think, probably for years for the west coast, ashleigh. >> for yearses?...
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only two states in the nation actually explicitly permit pornography to be filmed, and that's california and new hampshire, of all places. >> so new hampshire would be the place where they would amscray? they would have a long flight. >> that's right. that's right. the industry does say that they would like to perhaps go to nevada, but nevada's state supreme court actually hasn't explicitly ruled that pornography can be filmed there. >> huh. so, ron, they want to -- the industry before it pulls up stakes and moves the entire, you know, show across the country, they want to actually sue about this ballot measure. my question is -- i'm not going to suggest for a moment that you know all the legal ins and outs, but do they have merit in actually launching a suit, and if they are successful, what does that mean to the voters of california who have said that they feel it's important to have a safe work environment? >> well, the porn industry says that, you know, this measure violates their first amendment rights to film -- to, you know, produce their film the way they want to. now, the aids a
only two states in the nation actually explicitly permit pornography to be filmed, and that's california and new hampshire, of all places. >> so new hampshire would be the place where they would amscray? they would have a long flight. >> that's right. that's right. the industry does say that they would like to perhaps go to nevada, but nevada's state supreme court actually hasn't explicitly ruled that pornography can be filmed there. >> huh. so, ron, they want to -- the...
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be the next secretary of defense leon panetta has made it clear he's ready to move on and go back to california after all these years in washington, former cia director, now the secretary of defense. i don't know how long that will last. but if kerry is nominated to be the secretary of defense, that does leave hillary clinton's job at the state department open. and susan rice was always -- at least i always believed she was the front-runner until those controversial comments she made about the benghazi killing of the u.s. ambassador and three other americans on those five sunday talk shows. and the republicans really have been going after her. and if the president stands firm and nominates her to be the next secretary of state, it will be a bruising confirmation hearing, there's no doubt about that. my p sense is, he probably wants her to be the secretary of state, but we'll see if -- how that confirmation process will go forward. the democrats do have the majority in the senate. i think it's going to be 55 if you bring in both of those independent senators, bernie sanders, angus king, from mai
be the next secretary of defense leon panetta has made it clear he's ready to move on and go back to california after all these years in washington, former cia director, now the secretary of defense. i don't know how long that will last. but if kerry is nominated to be the secretary of defense, that does leave hillary clinton's job at the state department open. and susan rice was always -- at least i always believed she was the front-runner until those controversial comments she made about the...
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. >> some protesters -- >> reporter: frank summerville is an anker er anchor in oakla california. he's used to hearing from the public. but when he posted a picture on facebook, he and his wife were overwhelmed. >> it kept going and going and going. >> i think hit a racial cord. i think it hit a father/daughter court. >> reporter: the summervilles adopted calle, a decision that raised tough questions about themselves. >> we also thought, you know, there is a baby out there that needs a mommy and a daddy. if we all of a sudden back out because we are scared that this happens to be a black baby, what does that say about us? >> reporter: they cherish watching calle's play time with older city sydney, but know as calle gets older, there will likely be challenges. racial adoptees can experience a lack of cultural identity. >> we dealt with it. my mom always turned everything that was an obstacle into confidence. >> reporter: facing identity issues head on helped world renowned chef marcus samuelsson. he's ethiopian, adopted by swedish parents. >> don't be naive about the questions that
. >> some protesters -- >> reporter: frank summerville is an anker er anchor in oakla california. he's used to hearing from the public. but when he posted a picture on facebook, he and his wife were overwhelmed. >> it kept going and going and going. >> i think hit a racial cord. i think it hit a father/daughter court. >> reporter: the summervilles adopted calle, a decision that raised tough questions about themselves. >> we also thought, you know, there is a...
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senator feinstein and senator boxer, so women are empowered in k california. i also want to acknowledge that although our numbers are great here, two of our colleagues have gone on to the senate. senator elect tammy baldwin and we're very proud of that. senator elect maise herano. only the second woman of color to serve in the senate. so, that's pretty, pretty exciting. and unfortunately, we won't have cathy hopewell and add di sutton in this next congress, but the future is soon and coming upon us and we know they will be making a great public contribution. so, here we are. in the past week since the election, we're still finishing up some of our campaigns. we're very proud of the success as i said yesterday and as you see here today. why is it important for us to make this statement of the strength of women in the congress of the united states? of the house democratic women? because this is where the hopes and dreams of america's families are riding. they may not know that. they may not know one party from the next and the rest, but we know that without rosa
senator feinstein and senator boxer, so women are empowered in k california. i also want to acknowledge that although our numbers are great here, two of our colleagues have gone on to the senate. senator elect tammy baldwin and we're very proud of that. senator elect maise herano. only the second woman of color to serve in the senate. so, that's pretty, pretty exciting. and unfortunately, we won't have cathy hopewell and add di sutton in this next congress, but the future is soon and coming...
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joining me now is chris allen, a worker at the walmart warehouse in ontario, california. good morning, chris. >> good morning. >> first of all, telling me what you guys do in the warehouse. >> well, we unload walmart freight and we load it on to other trailers to go out to other walmarts in southern california region here. >> and what are the working conditions like inside the warehouse? >> well, the working conditions can through the summer we were working through the summer, it's been very hot. and we've been -- haven't been getting water breaks. and we haven't had any clean water. we've been using tap water from the facility at the cross dock. and we've been on strike last month, and we just now seeing these changes with the water coolers and the cross dock. >> how hot did it get inside the warehouse in the summertime? is there air conditioning in there? >> no, there isn't. there's no ventilation in there. it gets up to about 100, 100 to 110 inside the warehouse. maybe even hotter inside the trailer that we move walmart freight. >> so some people might say, oh, well th
joining me now is chris allen, a worker at the walmart warehouse in ontario, california. good morning, chris. >> good morning. >> first of all, telling me what you guys do in the warehouse. >> well, we unload walmart freight and we load it on to other trailers to go out to other walmarts in southern california region here. >> and what are the working conditions like inside the warehouse? >> well, the working conditions can through the summer we were working through...
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across the country, specifically 33 bakeries in 22 states and even protests going on outside an oakland, california, facility. this is certainly boiling the blood of a lot of people, those hostess cakes. >> so the company makes this announcement today. walk me through what happens next. >> okay. what hostess has done is asked for access to $75 million to fund this windown, and that includes money to pay off its employees it needs for liquidation and it will keep the distribution lines open long enough to get the last remaining product out to the stores so you still have your shot of getting those twinkies and keeping them on your shelf for a while. the brands by the way could survive because you have to believe that some big food maker will sort of ride in and go ahead and take over and go ahead and buy these brands at auction if they could be interested in them but consumers are bracing for the end of the twinkie. would you believe it, carol, i already saw some boxes of twinkies show up on ebay but you know the good thing is with this stuff, they have a 20-year shelf life. if you catch a few boxes
across the country, specifically 33 bakeries in 22 states and even protests going on outside an oakland, california, facility. this is certainly boiling the blood of a lot of people, those hostess cakes. >> so the company makes this announcement today. walk me through what happens next. >> okay. what hostess has done is asked for access to $75 million to fund this windown, and that includes money to pay off its employees it needs for liquidation and it will keep the distribution...
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. >>> i am currently in the firefighting training with the california conservation corps. hold this and then pull. >> yeah. >> it's good they're doing this especially for veterans. it can be hard to find good jobs. play with the chainsaw, get associated, more familiar with it. practice laying hose which we hadn't done with water. >> it's easy for us to click and work together so the teamwork thing fell into place really well. i was an aviation, hydraulics mechanic. we deployed to afghanistan in 2010. it was a bloody summer while we were there. we lost a couple of pilots. i saw a lot of bodies coming back. >> i was in the u.s. navy for four years. my job title was quartermaster. we helped out with amphibious operations, had a lot of marines on our boats. i was so focused on navy at one point in time, i never imagined myself being a firefighter, i never imagined myself going through the training. it's been challenging for me but the challenge is more than welcomed. >> i'm hoping i get picked up with some kind of fire department or i'm also trying to get into some kind of pol
. >>> i am currently in the firefighting training with the california conservation corps. hold this and then pull. >> yeah. >> it's good they're doing this especially for veterans. it can be hard to find good jobs. play with the chainsaw, get associated, more familiar with it. practice laying hose which we hadn't done with water. >> it's easy for us to click and work together so the teamwork thing fell into place really well. i was an aviation, hydraulics mechanic. we...
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. >> reporter: currently in the firefighting training with california conservation core. just pull. >> close it. there you go. >> offer a lot of training. it's really good they're doing this for especially veterans because it can be hard to find jobs. pla play with chain saw. practice laying hose from an engine, which we hadn't done, with actual watt. >> that influences the wild land fires. >> it's mostly veterans, it's easy for us to click somewhere just work together. so teamwork thing fell into place really well. i was aviation hydraulics and air frames mechanic. i was stationed at camp pendleton and deployed to afghanistan in 2010. it was a bloody summer while there. i saw a lot of bodies coming back. >> i was in the u.s. navy for four years and ply job title was quarter master. we helped out with amphibious operations, we had a lot of marines on the boats. i was focused on navy, i never imagined myself being a firefighter, never imagined myself going through training. it's been challenging but the challenge is more than welcomed. i'm hoping that i get picked up with
. >> reporter: currently in the firefighting training with california conservation core. just pull. >> close it. there you go. >> offer a lot of training. it's really good they're doing this for especially veterans because it can be hard to find jobs. pla play with chain saw. practice laying hose from an engine, which we hadn't done, with actual watt. >> that influences the wild land fires. >> it's mostly veterans, it's easy for us to click somewhere just work...
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the senate intelligence committee chairwoman, the senator from california, dianne feinstein, saying that petraeus has agreed to testify. the committee wanted to get him up there. it will be limited to benghazi testimony. i think it will be behind closed doors. and don't expect to see any indication of petraeus talking about his personal life. what is he going to say about benghazi? well, all i can tell you is i spoke to a long-standing professional colleague of david petraeus' and petraeus is going to say we are told, you know, be very straightforward, that he believed right from the beginning this involved insurgent/terrorist type activity, but that they had some indications that possibly it could have been tied also to those ongoing riots back in cairo, egypt, over a film. he's going to talk about all of it. what they knew, when they knew it. the key question that senators believe they want to get to is did petraeus have an indication off the bat it was a straight up terrorist attack and either not tell the white house or not tell them on capitol hill. >> and, barbara, we also heard th
the senate intelligence committee chairwoman, the senator from california, dianne feinstein, saying that petraeus has agreed to testify. the committee wanted to get him up there. it will be limited to benghazi testimony. i think it will be behind closed doors. and don't expect to see any indication of petraeus talking about his personal life. what is he going to say about benghazi? well, all i can tell you is i spoke to a long-standing professional colleague of david petraeus' and petraeus is...
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robert reich, professor at the university of california, berkeley. thank you for talking to us. >> thanks. gary. >> one thing people may not be spending money on no matter what happens with the fiscal cliff, twinkies. hostess announced yesterday it's shutting down twinkie operations. and right after that, twinkie sales shot up -- this is amazing -- 31,000% on amazon. a lot of people are feeling nostalgic about the tasty treat. >> following a nasty labor dispute and almost a year in bankruptcy, hostess brands is closing its 33 bakeries more than 500 distribution centers and selling off its assets, putting the future of the 82-year-old twinkie in question. it's been a long road for the cream filled pastry now a part of the american lexicon. >> it's twinkie the kid. >> wow! >> the twinkie was born in 1930 in illinois. the inventor was looking for a way to use the continent al baking company's seasonal strawberry pans year round. he came up with a sponge cake filled with banana. during world war ii, it was forced to change to vanilla filling and it never
robert reich, professor at the university of california, berkeley. thank you for talking to us. >> thanks. gary. >> one thing people may not be spending money on no matter what happens with the fiscal cliff, twinkies. hostess announced yesterday it's shutting down twinkie operations. and right after that, twinkie sales shot up -- this is amazing -- 31,000% on amazon. a lot of people are feeling nostalgic about the tasty treat. >> following a nasty labor dispute and almost a...
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. >> i am currently in the fire fighting training with the california conservation corps. when you're holding this, just pull. >> close it. >> there is a lot of training. it is really good that they're doing this -- especially for veterans because it can be hard sometimes to find good jobs. played with the chainsaw. just kind of get associated a little more familiar with it. and then we practice laying hose from an engine which we hadn't done yet with actual water. >> that's what influences the wildland fires, right? >> it is mostly veterans it really easy for us -- a lot of us to click and just work together so the team work thing fell into place really well. i was an aviation hydraulics mechanic. i was stationed at camp pendleton and we deployed to afghanistan in 2010. it was a really bloody summer while we were there. we lost a couple of pilots. i saw a lot of bodies coming back. >> i was in the u.s. navy for four years and my job title was quarter master. we helped out with amphibious operations. we had a lot of marines on our boats. >> the fire is going to be on the l
. >> i am currently in the fire fighting training with the california conservation corps. when you're holding this, just pull. >> close it. >> there is a lot of training. it is really good that they're doing this -- especially for veterans because it can be hard sometimes to find good jobs. played with the chainsaw. just kind of get associated a little more familiar with it. and then we practice laying hose from an engine which we hadn't done yet with actual water. >>...